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Where does “segnuś” come from?

segnuś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic sęgnǫti, from Proto-Slavic sęťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic senˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European seg- — to attach, touch, sow; to stick, adhere; to...

segnuś (Lower Sorbian): to reach

Definitions

  1. to reach

Ancestry of “segnuś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsęgnǫtito reach for, to attain
2Proto-Slavicsęťito reach for
3Proto-Balto-Slavicsenˀg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseg-to attach, touch, sow; to stick, adhere; to...
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